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Goodheart-Willcox · 19 hours ago

Director of Production -Educational Publishing

Tinley Park, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$110K/yr - $135K/yr

8+ years exp

Goodheart-Willcox Publisher is an employee-owned company specializing in Career and Technical Education (CTE). They are seeking a Director of Production to lead the transformation of production workflows and manage a team of digital production specialists to deliver high-impact educational content.

AdvertisingEducationMarketing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to modernize production workflows, tools, and approaches for digital-first content delivery

Execute the digital production, design, and layout strategies aligned with organizational goals and product roadmaps

Manage and mentor a team of digital production specialists, project managers, layout artists, and designers

Establish and refine production processes to support scalable, repeatable, and high-quality output across formats

Identify, evaluate, and execute on opportunities to streamline existing workflows

Leverage data to inform workflow improvements, resource allocation, and production planning

Explore emerging tool sets, vendor expertise and capabilities, as well as other progressive technologies to scale and improve speed to market

Design workflows that can scale with business growth and evolving content formats

Oversee implementation and integration of production technologies (e.g., DAMs, CMSs, automation tools)

Drive adoption of digital-first workflows and universal design principles to meet accessibility standards

Serve as a key liaison between production and product development teams to ensure production readiness for new assets and product types

Productively lead, or co-lead, cross-functional working groups to pilot and implement new workflow initiatives

Collaborate with vendors and external partners to manage outsourced production and technology solutions

Evaluate and refine existing QA protocols for both internal and vendor-produced content to ensure consistency, quality, and accuracy

Maintain currency with accessibility standards and ensure all digital content meets quality, accessibility, and compliance standards (e.g., WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508)

Qualification

Digital publishing technologiesProduction systemsTeam leadershipLMS integrationsEducational technology platformsDigital formatsProduction toolsWorkflow automationAccessibility standardsUniversal design practicesProject managementCommunication skills